Necessary Information

I. Incoterm 2020 Rules

II. Container Specification

1. General Purpose Container: General purpose container is also know as Dry container, suitable for commodities in bundles, cartons, boxes, loose cargo, furnitures, etc.

20' Dry Container (20'GP/DC)	Specification
	External	Lenght (mm)	6,060
		Width (mm)	2,440
		Height (mm)	2,590
	Interior	Lenght (mm)	5,898
		Width (mm)	2,352
		Height (mm)	2,359
	Door	Width (mm)	2,340
		Height (mm)	2,280
	Tare weight (kg)		2,200
	Max payload (kg)		28,280
	Max gross weight (kg)		30,480

40' Dry container (40'GP/DC)	Specification
	External	Leght (mm)	12,190
		Width (mm)	2,440
		Height (mm)	2,590
	Interior	Lenght (mm)	12,032
		Width (mm)	12,032
		Height (mm)	2,350
	Door	Width (mm)	2,338
		Height (mm)	2,280
	Tare weight (kg)		3,730
	Max payload (kg)		26,750
	Max gross weight (kg)		30,480

2. High Cube Container: Same as other Dry containers - suitable for commodities in bundles, cartons, boxes, loose cargo, furniture, etc... but higher volume capacity. 

3. Open-top Container: With removable tarpaulin roof permitting top loading, Open-tio containers are suitable for large piece cargo that cannot be loaded through container doors such as machinery, sheet glass, marble, building materials and lumber...

4. Flat Rack Container: Container base and ends only permitting side and/or top loading. Used for carrying awkward and oversize loads such as machinery, cables, drums, sheet and steel coils, heavy vehicles, timber and forest products.

5. Flatform Container: Flat rack containers are especially suitable for heavy loads and cargo that needs loading from the top or sides, such as pipes and machinery...

6. Refrigerated Container: Refrigerated containers, commonly called reefers, can control temperatures, allowing everything from meat, fruit, vegetables and dairy products, to chemicals and pharmaceuticals to travel across the world.

III. Definition of Shipping charges

1. AMS (Automatic Manifest System): An additional cost for submitting in advance manifest declarations to US, Canadian and Mexican customs authorities. It is applied for cargo loaded on a vessel at a non-US port.
2. Amendment fee: Revise the B/L after deadline time.
3. AFR (Japan advance filing rules): It is a fee charged for additional costs of declaring cargo information in advance to Japan authorities.
4. BAF (Bunker Adjustment  Factor), EBS (Emergency Bunker Surcharge): Fuel prices are subject to major price flutuations. For that reason, shipping companies may apply a bunker surchage of BUC (Bunker Contribution) to compensate price fluctuations.
5. B/L (Bill of Lading/AWB): is a standard document issued by the carrier and shows the details of the shipment. The Bill of Lading objective is provide proof of receipt, transport agreement and title of ownership.
6. B/L surrender (Telex Release) fee:
   Charge assessed when shipper request for cargo release instructions for a given shipment upon the surrender of related Original Bill of lading.
7. CAF (Currency Adjustment Factor): If your cargo is paid in a foreign currency, the currency may be subject to exchange rate risks. It is charge as a percentage of the basic sea freight.
8. CIC (Container Imbalance Charge): It is a cost charged by shipping lines to compensate the cost of relocating large quantities of empty containers between countries where there is an imbalance of trade (there is no export use for those containers that had been previously imported into those countries).
9. CFS (Container Freight Station fee): It is the pick up fee and cargo management fee at warehouse of the port/ terminal.
10. Cleaning container: It is a charge applied for extra costs for cleaning the container. It is applicable when the container does not meet the standard of cleanliness when is returned from the customer.
11. COD (Change of destination): it is a charge applied to the place which cargo is consigned or where the cargo is turned over to the consignee or agent.
12. DEM (Demurrage): this fee is applicable when the customer holds carrier equipment in the terminal for longer than the agreed amount of free time. It can be incurred for both exports (early drop-off) and imports (late pick-up). Export: demurrage days are counted from containers removal to terminal (full) to container loading, minus free days. Import: demurrage days are counted from container discharge to its removal from terminal (full), minus free days. Applicable to all containers that remain at a terminal location longer than agreed free time. Applied per container.
13. DET (Detention) import: imposed for excess usage container since its removal from the terminal (ful until the return of empty containers at the port, minus free days. Export: counted from pick-up empty to removal to terminal (full) minus free days. This fee is applicable to all containers that remain in the customers possession longer than the agreed free time. Not applicable for shipper owned containers. (Click to learn more!
14. DDC: Destination Delivery Charge.
15. D/O (Delivery order): is a standard document issued by authorized agent at destination to release cargo for the consignee.
16. Documentation fee: documentation issuance for delivery import containers (I/B Doc fee) and/or issuance of bill of lading for export containers (Doc).
17. EBS: Emergency Bunker Surchage.
18. ENS (Entry Summary Declaration): The Cargo Data Declaration is a regulation applied by the European Union for potential security and safety threats. It is a fee charged for additional costs of declaring cargo information in advance to the European Union authorities.
19. ERC: Emergency Risk Surcharge.
20. FAF: Fuel Adjustment Factor.
21. GRI (General Rate Increase): Used to describe an cross-the-board tariff rate increase implemented by conference members and applied to base rates.
22. Handling: It is an administration fee for preparation or handling import/export documentation.
23. HLIFT: Heavy Lift Charge.
24. HWCS: Heavy Weight Container Surcharge.
25. IMO DOC: Administration Charge assesed for documentation to be prepared when dangerous shipment occur.
26. ISF (Importer Security Filing): It is a US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulation that requires importers to provide electronic data of the imported goods to the US customs. Declaration must be received the latest 24 hours before loading and declared before 48 hours before departure out of the port of loading.
27. ISPS: International ship and port facility security.
28. Late SI submission fee: Charge assesed if shippers or their agents submitted the Shipping Instruction (SI) later than the Carrier/Shipping Liner published SI cut-off.
29. Lift on/Lift off: The Equipment Handover Charge (Lo/Lo). Lo/Lo stands for Lift-on Lift-off. It is only applied for costs and administration of releasing containers for import Merchant Haulage.
30. LSS (Low Sulphur Surcharge): Fee reduction of sulfur emissions. This fee applies to emissions control area (ECA) from the date of 01-01-2015.
31. OWC: On wheel charges. Lifting /handling of container onto the vehicle.
32. PCS (Panama Canal Surcharge): It is a surcharge applied to cargo transiting through the Panama Canal.
33. PCS (Port Congestion Surcharge): In some ports, the process of incoming and outgoing vessels may be delayed. That congestion brings costs and to compensate those costs an additional surcharge is applied on the sea freight.
34. PSS (Peak Season Surchage ): It is a fee applied in period s of peak demand. It is levied to all shipments that move in certain trades during the high volume periods.
35. SCS (Suez Canal Surcharge): It is a surcharge applied to cargo transiting  through the Suez Canal.
36. STF: Suez Transit Fee.
37. Switch B/L Fee: Charge assessed for switch B/L arrangement to recover the coordination and administrative work involved. It is charged per B/L.
38. THC (Terminal Handing Charge): The amount charged by the shipping company for handling containers at the port or terminal after unloading or before being loaded on board a vessel.
39. STORAGE: is the charge levied by the port or the terminal for allocating the full container at the port/ terminal.
40. USCUC: U.S. Chassis Ussage Charge.
41. USIFS: U.S. Intermodal Fuel Surcharge.
42. USMAF: U.S. Manifest Amendment Fee.
43. WH: Wharfage charge.
44. WRC: War Risk Charge / Insurance Premium
45. WS: Winter Surcharge.